Sunday, 10 May 2015

McLaren Honda just need time

The McLaren Honda Formula One team endured another difficult
race weekend at the Circuit de Barcelona, Catalunya today as Jenson Button came
home in 16th place, having qualified in 14th.

Fernando Alonso had a disappointing in contrast as the
Spanish double world champion suffered a brake failure as he entered his
pit-box, fortunately none of his mechanics were injured in the incident.

The Woking based outfit had brought a raft of updates for
the MP4-30 this weekend but unfortunately they were unable to make the major
step forward in performance that they were looking for. The team can take some consolation
in the fact that on Friday during practice, Button ended up inside the top ten
which a step in the right direction.

The team have struggled in the opening Grand Prix of the season,
however this is down to the fact they are in a new relationship with Honda
which is in the very early stages of development, the team were expecting there
to be some problems this season as Honda are a year behind on development of
the power unit compared to their competition. It will just take time and
patience but things will work out for the partnership.